NGC 6334, The Cat’s Paw Nebula
This image of emission nebula NGC6334 (the Cat’s Paw Nebula), a star-forming region in the constellation Scorpius, was taken in 2007 using the Mosaic-2 imager on the Blanco 4-meter telescope at Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory. The colors of the nebula are reddened by intervening dust in the plane of the Milky Way galaxy. The image was taken as part of a continuing campaign of public-release images using both NOAO 4-meter telescopes.
Credit:T.A. Rector/University of Alaska Anchorage, T. Abbott and NOIRLab/NSF/AURA
About the Image
Id: | noao-ngc6334 |
Type: | Observation |
Release date: | June 30, 2020, 9:34 p.m. |
Size: | 4038 x 3976 px |
About the Object
Image Formats
Large JPEG
2.4 MB
Publication TIFF 4K
18.8 MB
Publication JPEG
2.3 MB
Screensize JPEG
299.6 KB
Wallpapers
1024x768
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1280x1024
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1600x1200
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1920x1200
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2048x1536
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Coordinates
Position (RA): | 17 19 59.55 |
Position (Dec): | -35° 51' 40.24" |
Field of view: | 35.86 x 35.55 arcminutes |
Orientation: | North is 0.5° left of vertical |
Colors & filters
Band | Wave-length | Tele-scope |
---|---|---|
Optical Olll | 502 nm | Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope Mosaic II |
Optical Sll | 673 nm | Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope Mosaic II |
Optical Ha | 657 nm | Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope Mosaic II |